INTRODUCTION
Bamboo is one of the grass family and known as the giant grass in the
world. Bamboo plants growing well in tropical country. In Indonesia we
have a lot of bamboo species and around 35 of them could be found in Bali.
Bamboo plants have many varieties, from small variety with size
of 1 meter up to bigger size which can reach 30 meters height. The small
bamboo is usually planted for house gardening. In Bali you can find the
Bamboo plantation around Gianyar, Bangli and Karangasem regency.
SUITABLE LAND As grass family, bamboo can grow well at following
land condition :
* Wet and volcanic soil
* Cool climate with temperature between 16 - 28 degrees Celsius.
* Plat or elevating land
* 500 - 1000 above sea level
In the past, Balinese planted bamboo to avoid land erosion . So if you
are doing the trip around Bali, you can see bamboo clump grows at the
margins of the planted along the border between one's land to others.
BAMBOO MULTI-FUNCTION
Bamboo is a plant with many kind of usage, such as :
* The bamboo pole with the best quality is used for house construction
where you can find it at traditional villages or at some hotels with bungalow
style.
* Example of Bamboo products are : various basket big or small, offering
boxes for temple ceremony, hand fan, lamp cap, tissue holder, capstock
(hangers), stopmaps, shopping bags, music instruments, candle holder and
many other things.
* Young bamboo shoots can be used for vegetables and the taste is very
delicious.
* Bamboo leaves can also be used for wrapping of Balinese cake, to look
very natural.
* During Galungan and Kuningan or temple ceremony, Bamboo pole is used
for making penjor, a decorative ritual bamboo with coconut leaves, cakes,
coconut fruit, and others.
* For constructing house furniture (inside or outside houses). The bamboo
used for this furniture is really the best quality one as some of them
has been exported abroad. Various furniture products can be found in Bali.
For example : Sitting set, cub board, special tables, beds, sun lounges,
various small thing storing.
READY TO CUT DOWN
The farmer usually cut down bamboos when the plants have reached the age
of 5 or more. For making thin strips for weaving is usually taken from
the young one, less then 4 years old. The age more then 5 years usually
used for building materials and house furniture. In warm country, the
house furniture made from bamboo with the best quality can stay more then
10 years. Compared to wooden furniture, bamboo is considered good product
with affordable cost.
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Written by I Made Wirajaya
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